Nothing like laying down the marker:
The incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee said Sunday that Republicans will bring up a healthcare repeal measure before President Obama even delivers his annual address to Congress this month.
“As part of our pledge, we said that we would bring up a vote to repeal healthcare early,” Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said on “Fox News Sunday.” “That will happen before the president’s State of the Union address.”…
The repeal will pass the House and probably go nowhere in the Senate – though there is a chance that the Senate GOP can get enough “2012 Democrat” support to bring it to a vote there. But, even if it gets through the Senate, Obama will veto it. This is a symbolic act – until we get a Republican President, “repeal and replace” will be impossible…though much good work can still be done to get rid of the worst aspects of ObamaCare by refusing to fund it in the budget process.
But, still, symbolic: so, why do it? Because the people demand it. The law should never have been passed – and but for legislative tricks and bribery, it never would have been passed. It was unpopular as proposed, unpopular as debated, unpopular as enacted – and it, along with the border security issue, drove the GOP to victory in 2010. We must vote to repeal.
Also, we will see how many Democrats, desperately worried about 2012, will jump ship in the House and join in the repeal effort. We shall see how many Democrats understand how unpopular leftist policy is. And we’ll also see how many are determined to work against the people, no matter what.
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